Posts by Sargeant Pepper

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Kaballah - Is it a religion, a cult, a philosophy or what?

by freetosee in

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a friend of mine says kabbalah is not religious, but rather a scientific approach to matters.

i me it seems to have strong religious characteristics and the people i have meat seem very cultic.

i must admit that i have not looked deeply into kabbalistic teachings.. what is your assessment?.

Why So Many Young People Are Leaving The Watchtower

by Jeremy C in

i have been giving a lot of thought to the young people who are leaving the watchtower organization in recent years.

last night, i was reading the thread posted by jwfacts a while back in which he provided some statistics and graphs showing the rapidly declining growth in the watchtower.

one factor that was discussed at length was the high number of young people who do not stay in the organization.

I was a young person in the 1980's. At that time the generation that saw 1914 were aged between 80 and 100, this fact really focussed the mind as all JWs believed that members of this generation would witness armageddon. We discussed this at every meeting and was our main argument in field service. I was convinced that I would not finish my schooling, own a car, get married etc.

Now that the 1914 generation have passed away what 'proof' do they have that armageddon is just around the corner?

Fear kept many of my generation in line, what is there to threaten todays young JWs with?

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assemblies and my lovely wife

by stillin in

i finally put a couple of pieces together that have boggled me for years.. i would take my family to the conventions and assemblies and for some reason, my wife would always be upset or start an argument in the car on the way home, or in the week that follows.

i realize now that her frustration is that i am not the guy in the demonstrations.

you know, the guy who has the bestfriend/elder who always says the perfect thing and the guy is so humble and does this little talks-to-himself thing where he reveals his deep spirituality and applies the ever-so-wise words of his friend and after that life is just great again!.

Sargeant Pepper

I've been on the assembly platform giving an experience. I can confirm 1st hand that it's all crap

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Attention Lurkers- the Paradise Resort Bus

by stuckinamovement in

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imagine boarding a bus with your family for a long anticipated vacation.

the destination is a place that is promised to be beautiful warm and sunny.

as you are boarding the bus you are given a ticket stub with several paragraph's of fine print.

Sargeant Pepper

This is brilliant!

JWs love clever illustrations, they use them all the time to convince themselves they have the truth.

This would make a great talk 4 LOL.

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Car Full of JW's while I'm at the Car Wash............

by Terry in

i'm sort of angry right now.. no, not angry..... i'm shaky.

at least, when i lift my cup of coffee to my lips, sitting here at starbucks, my hand is trembly.. i hate that!.

the power they have to still reach me on some hidden point that hides in the corners of my very being.... .

Sargeant Pepper

You did great

I wish I could tell my parents "You know you said that the 1914 generation would not pass away, well they did!"

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I want to go to the UK and Canada... recommendations?

by Free!! in

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ok everyone i am going to canada soon, vancouver to be exact, i was wondering if anyone can recommend places to go??

i love sight seeing and i want to take advantage of my time there (almost a week)... so what would u recommend?.

also i am planning a 1-2 week trip to the uk in october or maybe december, i know they are many uk posters here.... also, i want to take advantage to the max of my time there.. i want to go to those hidden treasures in the country side... maybe 1 day or 2 in london, but i want to see the wonderful uk country side... want to stop by scotland and ireland if possible... .

Sargeant Pepper

There are literally thousands of great places to visit in the UK, here are a few of my favourites:

Belfast - See where Titanic was built

Liverpool - Birthplace of the Beatles

Edinburgh - The castle is fantastic

York - History around every corner

London - Where do I start?

Manchester - Great nightlife

Bath - Visit the famous Roman baths

Windermere - The fabulous Lake District

Avebury - A mystical stone circle surrounds this village

Hadrians Wall - Lots of Roman stuff, Houseteads Fort, Vindolanda, Chesters Fort

Whitby & Robin Hoods Bay

Ben Nevis

etc.......

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I want to go to the UK and Canada... recommendations?

by Free!! in

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friends

ok everyone i am going to canada soon, vancouver to be exact, i was wondering if anyone can recommend places to go??

i love sight seeing and i want to take advantage of my time there (almost a week)... so what would u recommend?.

also i am planning a 1-2 week trip to the uk in october or maybe december, i know they are many uk posters here.... also, i want to take advantage to the max of my time there.. i want to go to those hidden treasures in the country side... maybe 1 day or 2 in london, but i want to see the wonderful uk country side... want to stop by scotland and ireland if possible... .

Sargeant Pepper

UK! - Bring an umbrella

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Did you REALLY like the music played at meetings? Did people in your cong. seem to like them?

by Chemical Emotions in

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i couldn't stand it.

never heard any of it played live, which i imagine would be much better, but still... i find it annoying.

for people who like that type of music, i guess it was good.

Sargeant Pepper

Even at my most zealous I thought that the music and songs were terrible.

I can only think of one crazy person who bought 'Kingdom Melodies' on cassette tape.

How bad they are is one of the many JW unmentionables.

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Footballer turns Jehovahs Witness. 1970ish.

by Sargeant Pepper in

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just found this on you tube.. may be of interest to sports fans.. peter never returned to football and remains a witness to this day.. hope the link works, i've never done this before.

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Sargeant Pepper

Thanks for sorting the clip.

I have been able to copy and paste this clip into a Word document but not into this forum. Wonder if I have to activate a setting.

Peter played in the English first division and was tipped to play in the Mexico world cup in 1970.

His conversion to JW was a big story at the time.

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Footballer turns Jehovahs Witness. 1970ish.

by Sargeant Pepper in

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just found this on you tube.. may be of interest to sports fans.. peter never returned to football and remains a witness to this day.. hope the link works, i've never done this before.

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Sargeant Pepper

Let's try again

Still not working. Why can't I paste a link into this box?

Will type in long hand.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJKMBNNnzVc